Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast involving the skin: A highly aggressive neoplasm readily mistaken for mammary carcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-156

  Fariña, Ma Carmen ^a,b   Casado, V ^a   Renedo, G ^a   Estevez L ^a   Martin L ^a   Requena, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EPITHELIOID ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY;

ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD34; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037302977     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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